jsattler
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I appreciate the feedback, thank you!
I'm currently working on BetterCapture (
https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCapture), which is a lightweight (~4MB size and low memory/cpu footprint) screen recorder for macOS that lives in your menu bar. It supports ProRes 422/4444, HEVC, and H.264 — including alpha channel and HDR. Frame rates from 24 to 120fps. System audio and mic simultaneously. You can also exclude specific things from recordings, like the menu bar, dock, or wallpaper.
No tracking, no analytics, no cloud uploads, no account. MIT licensed. Everything stays on your Mac.
I'm currently planning and designing a plugin system, so others can contribute new functionality without affecting the scope of BetterCapture itself - which should stay as small as possible.
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jsattler on Saturday March 14, 2026 @12:41PM
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Just saw this post on reddit where someone shared a project and claimed the following:> I've been working on this for quite a while now after getting tired of the monopoly Screen Studio has on screen recordings. I didn't see any free screen recorders that actually offered the same motion blur animations and zoom animations as Screen Studio, so I decided to create an app with the missing...
I was thinking exactly the same haha
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jsattler on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @04:14PM
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https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCaptureI'm building a lightweight screen recorder for macOS. It supports lots of features you'd expect from a professional screen recorder such as ProRes 422/4444, HEVC/H.265, and H.264, capturing alpha channels and supports HDR. Frame rates from 24 to 120fps. Can capture system audio and mic simultaneously. You can also exclude specific things from recordings, like the menu bar, dock, or wallpaper.
No tracking, no analytics, no cloud uploads, no account. MIT licensed. Everything stays on your Mac. Still early, but happy to hear feedback!
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jsattler on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:12AM
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jsattler on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:19AM
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https://github.com/jsattler/Pulse
I built Pulse to have a quick way to see if a service is down without opening a browser or checking Slack, mails, etc. IMO, it looks beautiful and doesn't get in the way when you don't need it. It also supports macOS notification and you can easily mute individual services if needed.No tracking, no analytics, no account. MIT licensed. Config is stored locally.Happy to hear feedback!
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jsattler on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:17AM
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jsattler on Sunday February 15, 2026 @06:42AM
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https://jsattler.github.io/boredom-challenge/
Boredom is uncomfortable but important. I built a neat little website to test and improve your boredom tolerance. Data stays in your browser or can be exported/imported. Website is open source: https://github.com/jsattler/boredom-challenge
You're welcome, I also enjoyed the video very much.
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jsattler on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:36AM
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jsattler on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:13PM
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Recently came across this website after watching this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpxSaOiT2LE. Seems like a cool hobby to try for when I'm finally replaced by AI. I knew about the sling from movies but I didn't know this is actually a thing to do. Very impressed how far you can sling something with it (477m/1564feet). Sharing this in case someone is on the hunt for a new cool hobby.
Thanks, really appreciate the feedback!
https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCaptureIt's a lightweight screen recorder for macOS that lives in your menu bar. It's built with SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit, uses the native Content Picker to select what you record, and supports ProRes 422/4444, HEVC, and H.264 — including alpha channel and HDR. Frame rates from 24 to 120fps. System audio and mic simultaneously. You can also exclude specific things from recordings, like the menu bar, dock, or wallpaper.
No tracking, no analytics, no cloud uploads, no account. MIT licensed. Everything stays on your Mac.
Posted by
jsattler on Sunday February 08, 2026 @02:20PM
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https://jsattler.github.io/BetterCapture/
I built this screen recorder over the past couple of days. It's lightweight and uses native macOS features through ScreenCaptureKit. It supports various codecs (ProRes4444/422, HEVC/H.265, H.264) and additional features such as HDR and alpha channel / transparency. Feedback and contributions are welcome!
Posted by
jsattler on Sunday February 08, 2026 @09:32AM
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https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCapture
I built a screen recorder for macOS because the one I used before broke with macOS 26 and seems to be not well maintained.I think it turned out pretty cool, so I'm sharing it here: It uses ScreenCaptureKit and SwiftUI, supports ProRes 4444/HEVC/H.264 including alpha channel and HDR, and records system audio and mic at the same time. No accounts, no analytics. Recordings stay local. MIT...
Anthropic released Cowork a few days ago. I tried it for a few minutes and it was unusable for me. It crashed several times and felt very buggy. What I liked was the idea of the productivity plugin. I set up my own version of it that is agent agnostic and can be easily customized. Here are the main ideas and a link to a template to fork.
Posted by
jsattler on Friday February 06, 2026 @01:29AM
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I had similar thoughts recently. I wouldn't consider myself "the thinker", but I simply missed learning by failure. You almost don't fail anymore using AI. If something fails, it feels like it's not your fault but the AI messed up. Sometimes I even get angry at the AI for failing, not at myself. I don't have a solution either, but I came up with a guideline on when and how to use AI that has helped me to still enjoy learning. I'm not trying to advertise my blog and you don't need to read it, the important part is the diagram at the end of "Learning & Failure":
https://sattlerjoshua.com/writing/2026-02-01-thoughts-on-ai-.... In summary, when something is important and long-term, I heavily invest into understanding and use an approach that maximizes understanding over speed. Not sure if you can translate it 100% to your situation but maybe it helps to have some kind of guideline, when to spend more time thinking instead of directly using and AI to get to the solution.
How is live with 36h days?
Not a trick question. 8h per week sounds crazy. What was the size of the company?
Posted by
jsattler on Monday February 02, 2026 @04:26PM
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Germany is currently debating part-time work and whether we need longer hours overall. I do 40h/week and it feels sustainable. I don't think the hours I put in are proportional to the value/output I produce.When people bring up the 996 model, I genuinely don't get it. How does anyone sustain that? I get that sometimes you need to push harder for a few weeks. That's normal. But longer than a few...
Some years ago, I was at a conference and attended a very interesting talk. I don't remember the title of the talk, but what stuck with me was: "It's no longer the big beating the small, but the fast beating the slow". This talk was before all the AI hype. Working at a big company myself, I think this has never been more true. I think the question is, how to stay fast.
Great story, thanks for sharing. Besides the part where it says "Other people will see its glory and join their smaller snowballs into it.", it sounds a bit like marriage too.
Sounds interesting. How is it different to tailscale (or headscale)? I was planning to setup tailscale to replace my custom wireguard setup.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this. After reading Karpathy's recent tweet about "A few random notes from claude coding quite [...]" it got me thinking a lot about offloading thinking and more specifically failure. Failure is important for learning. When I use AI and they make mistakes, I often tend to blame the AI and offload the failure. I think this post explores similar thoughts, without talking much about failure. It will be interesting to see the long-term effects.